Sean “Diddy” Combs has filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Courtney Burgess, the music manager’s attorney, Ariel Mitchell, and Nexstar Media Inc., which operates NewsNation.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and obtained by , Burgess allegedly made up claims about Combs that Mitchell co-signed and NewsNation broadcast.
In the fall of 2024, after he testified before a grand jury, Burgess appeared on NewsNation to double down on his claim that he is in possession of nearly a dozen flash drives containing the incarcerated rapper’s alleged sex tapes.
The videos allegedly feature male and female celebrities as well as a few minors, all of whom appear to be under the influence.
Mitchell, for her part, claimed that one of the male stars in one of the videos is “more high-profile” than Combs.
“I can verify that it exists — that it’s real and that the other person in the video is very visible,” she insisted. “There’s no question of if it’s that person in the video.”
According to Combs’ complaint, Burgess “falsely claimed that he possessed videos of Mr. Combs involved in the sexual assault of celebrities and minors.” Burgess repeated this false claim many times to anyone who would listen, including reporters for major news outlets (including NewsNation, which recklessly repeated and amplified his lies as if they were true).
“Thus, Burgess’ baseless lies were rebroadcast on social and traditional media platforms that reach
millions of viewers in the United States and abroad.”
The suit goes on to accuse Mitchell of knowing “that her client’s claims were false or at a minimum was utterly reckless in disregarding their falsity.”
The complaint continues, “Because no such tapes exist, and because Mitchell never saw any video depicting Mr. Combs sexually abusing anyone, adult…
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